Help shape the future of water infrastructure in the UK.

This is a rare opportunity to lead the engineering, environmental and consenting strategy for some of the largest and most complex water resource projects in the country. Working at the forefront of nationally significant infrastructure schemes, you'll influence projects that will secure water resilience for millions of customers across the South East for generations to come.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering and environmental workstreams across a portfolio of major Strategic Resource Option schemes.

• Build strong relationships with regulators, partner water companies and key stakeholders to drive successful outcomes.

• Provide technical leadership, governance and assurance throughout project development, consenting and delivery.

What You'll Bring

• Strategic leadership experience delivering large-scale infrastructure programmes.

• Expertise in engineering, environmental governance and consenting.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior and regulatory level.

Full Job Description available - Email Hayley.savory@affinitywater.co.uk

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience

• Level 1 Car allowance of £5,535

• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.

• Entry into the Senior Managers bonus scheme.

• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.

• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.

• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)

• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.

• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.

• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.

• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.

• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.

• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.